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UFO. (Complete Series)

UFO is a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons Century 21 Productions for ITC Entertainment company. UFO was the Andersons' first totally live-action TV series. Despite the assumption of many TV station executives, the series was not aimed at children but was intended for an older audience; many episodes featured adult themes such as adultery, divorce, and drug use.

The year is 1980. Earth is being visited and attacked by aliens from a dying planet and humans are being covertly harvested for their organs by the aliens. The show's characters are members of a secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO (an acronym for Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation) established to defend Earth and humanity against the mysterious aliens and learn more about them, while at the same time keeping the threat of an alien invasion hidden from the public.

SHADO's main headquarters is hidden beneath a film studio near London England. SHADO also has a base on the moon (Moonbase) and a fleet of submarines. Incoming UFO's are initially detected by an Earth orbiting satellite named SID (Space Intruder Detector).

An initial interception attempt is made in space with three Interceptor craft launched from Moonbase. A second attempt is made in the Earth's atmosphere with a fighter plane (Sky One) launched from Skydiver. Landed UFO's are tracked down with ground Mobiles.

If you want top notch special effects do not bother. This was brittan's finest of its time though. I was 10 yrs old when we started seeing it and I do not remember what channel or day or time but unlike some shows I grew up with, This show and Space 1999 have held the test of time as cult classics. I did get a little bored at a couple of shows where the theme of 2-3 epasodes were too close to the same but if seen out of order would have stoped that completely. I thank the people that allowed me to watch the 2 series and relive my youth of love of scifi in the funnest times of my Texas growing up. Bravo to everyone involved !

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June 19, 2016 Subject:
see how 1970 imagined the 80ies and later

It's not exactly like encountering the original mythologic bird Phoenix, but if you watch this, you can say, you saw some real UFO's (in Videos), and aliens, too:

It is quite nice to see super-fancy outfits and set-design, also has some psychologic psychedelic- and mystery-elements.
Also has some awareness of the meta-level and reality-management with the public and enough strange humour.